PPL Corporation Dividend yield

PPL Corporation is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. PPL Corporation is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

PPL Corporation stock dividend

PPL Corporation paid a total dividend of 708 million USD last year, for a market value of 18,366 millions (Market Cap 18,359 millions). PPL Corporation dividend per share is 0.96 USD, and his stock market price 24.92 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, PPL Corporation has a dividend yield of 3.85%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. However, it is lower than the average of Utilities industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare PPL Corporation stocks dividend with other Electricity companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

PPL Corporation Dividend Payout

About the ability of PPL Corporation to maintain his current dividend of USD 0.96 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.85%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). PPL Corporation payout on ernings is currently 87.27%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that PPL Corporation can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of PPL Corporation is USD 2.35 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 0.96, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of PPL Corporation, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Utilities industry and Electricity sector companies.

PPL Corporation Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of PPL Corporation's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.85%	0.96	87.27%	737
2022	3.08%	0.90	-45.92%	736
2021	5.52%	1.66	81.37%	751
2020	5.89%	1.66	70.04%	769
2019	4.60%	1.65	62.50%	722
2018	5.79%	1.64	76.28%	720
2017	5.11%	1.58	54.67%	683
2016	4.54%	1.52	138.18%	673
2015	4.44%	1.51	51.01%	664

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of PPL Corporation dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Electricity stocks.

PPL Corporation Stock performance

Finally, last moth PPL Corporation showed a return of -9.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -14.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Electricity firms.